Effect of heath recreational gymnastics course on health-related physical fitness of male college students

• Main Authors: DING Liyi, LU Yaofei, MO Zhi, WU Dan
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Academic Journals Center of Shanghai Normal University 2018-10-01
• Series: Journal of Shanghai Normal University (Natural Sciences)
• Subjects: health recreational gymnastics;health fitness;male college students
• Online Access: http://qktg.shnu.edu.cn/zrb/shsfqkszrb/ch/reader/view_abstract.aspx?file_no=20180517

The purpose of this study is to test whether health recreational gymnastics course can improve the health fitness of male college students. In the study, 68 male college students from Shanghai Normal University were divided into control group and experimental group. The control group (<i>n</i>=33) participated in traditional gymnastics course and the experimental group (<i>n</i>=35) participated in health recreational gymnastics course with a moderate or high intensity. Both of the groups had classes for 90 minutes once a week, which lasted for 8 weeks. The heart rates of all the students were monitored throughout gymnastics classes and the health fitness indexes were tested before and after the experiment. The results showed that the average heart rate was higher in the experimental group than that in the control group (<i>P</i><0.05). All the health fitness indexes in the experimental group increased significantly (<i>P</i><0.05). However, only three health fitness indexes in the control group increased significantly (<i>P</i><0.05). The experimental group had two indexes which are superior to the control group (<i>P</i><0.05). The results demonstrated that both health recreational and traditional gymnastics exercises can improve the physical health of college students, but the former has better effect than the latter.